ISV - Titus - 2

2:1  Guidelines for Christian LivingBut as for you, teach what is consistent with healthy doctrine.

2:2  Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faithfulness,Or faith love, and endurance.

2:3  Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examplesOr teachers of goodness.

2:4  They should encourage the younger women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

2:5  sensible, pure, managers of their households, and kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands, lest the word of God be discredited.Or blasphemed

2:6  Likewise, encourage the younger men to be sensible.

2:7  Always set an example of good works. When you teach, showLit. In teaching integrity and dignity.

2:8  Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.

2:9  Slaves are to submit themselves to their masters in everything, aiming to please them and not argue with them

2:10  or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.

2:11  For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

2:12  It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present world

2:13  as we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

2:14  He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about good works.

2:15  These are the things you should say. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.